Bad Guys (Mean Streets) [Paperback]

Eugene Izzi (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper; First Edition edition (June 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312914938
• ISBN-13: 978-0312914936
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,817,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good intro to a Chicago crime fiction writer, October 4, 2006

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Ed Lynskey, "author of ASK THE DICE and THE Z... (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Guys (Mean Streets) (Paperback)

I've been meaning to read something by Eugene Izzi and had his BAD GUYS in paperback sitting on my TBR. I finally finished it. Years ago I read a long piece in the WASHINGTON POST on Izzi's life and bizarre death. Library Journal reported one of his books had a $50K publisher budget (in 1991 money), so I guess he was publicized. My count shows he was nominated three times for an Edgar.

BAD GUYS Jimbo Marino, a tough guy detective working undercover against the Mob. I like Izzi's characters and dialogue here more than I did the plot. The deaf computer wiz named Gizmo, for instance. The portray of Chicago's seamy side is convincing and the story's pace is fine.